The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Law in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Law over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Essex region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Law
Rank 81 85 86
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +1
Permanent jobs citing Law 9 22 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.838% 1.725% 1.249%
As % of the General category 2.138% 4.574% 2.640%
Number of salaries quoted 9 18 16
Average salary £42,500 £62,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.00% +38.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £45,250 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
All of the General Category
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
421 481 606
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 39.20% 37.73% 47.31%
Number of salaries quoted 350 421 491
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,500 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Law
East of England

Law
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Law across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Essex Law Jobs Demand Trend

Law
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Law across the Essex region.

Essex Law Salary Trend

Law
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Law across the Essex region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Essex Law Salary Histogram

Law
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Law within the Essex region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Colchester +6 6 £42,500 -32.00%
Southend-on-Sea - 1 £42,062 -
Law
East of England

Law
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing Law also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Law.

1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 8 (44.44%) SAP
2 8 (44.44%) VMware
3 7 (38.89%) Finance
3 7 (38.89%) Legal
3 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
3 7 (38.89%) Citrix
3 7 (38.89%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (33.33%) vSphere
5 5 (27.78%) SAN
5 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
5 5 (27.78%) MS Exchange
6 4 (22.22%) HP
6 4 (22.22%) ISEB
6 4 (22.22%) DFS Replication
6 4 (22.22%) V-Model
6 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (16.67%) Red Hat
7 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
7 3 (16.67%) SCCM
7 3 (16.67%) SCOM
7 3 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
7 3 (16.67%) Intranet
7 3 (16.67%) Linux
7 3 (16.67%) ERP
7 3 (16.67%) Change Management
7 3 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
8 2 (11.11%) NetBackup

Law
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region citing Law also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Law. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (27.78%) MS Exchange
2 4 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (11.11%) Documentum
3 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
4 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) SAN
2 3 (16.67%) Intranet
3 1 (5.556%) Internet
3 1 (5.556%) Extranet
3 1 (5.556%) LAN
3 1 (5.556%) WAN
3 1 (5.556%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (5.556%) TestDirector
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
1 7 (38.89%) Legal
2 2 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (5.556%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Test Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Systems Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Server Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Automation Test Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Automation Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Functional Test Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Functional Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Problem Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Change Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Support
5 1 (5.556%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (5.556%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Junior
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) UNIX Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) Junior Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (16.67%) Linux
5 1 (5.556%) UNIX
5 1 (5.556%) Solaris
5 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) V-Model
2 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 3 (16.67%) ERP
2 3 (16.67%) Change Management
2 3 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (11.11%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
4 1 (5.556%) CRM
4 1 (5.556%) Configuration Management
4 1 (5.556%) Project Management
4 1 (5.556%) Regression Testing
4 1 (5.556%) ITSM
4 1 (5.556%) Validation
4 1 (5.556%) Migration
4 1 (5.556%) Scrum
4 1 (5.556%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.556%) Software Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) ISEB
2 2 (11.11%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.556%) Degree
3 1 (5.556%) APMP
3 1 (5.556%) MCP
3 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.556%) PMP
3 1 (5.556%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) vSphere
2 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
3 4 (22.22%) DFS Replication
4 2 (11.11%) VMware Server
4 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (5.556%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) SCCM
1 3 (16.67%) SCOM
2 2 (11.11%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) SAP
1 8 (44.44%) VMware
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) Citrix
3 4 (22.22%) HP
4 3 (16.67%) Red Hat
5 2 (11.11%) Symantec
5 2 (11.11%) Cisco
6 1 (5.556%) EMC
6 1 (5.556%) NetApp
6 1 (5.556%) T-Plan